Summary

The Brothers Karamazov is
considered a supreme achievement in literature. Published
near the end of the 19th century, it is one of the great
works of world-renowned author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The
Brothers Karamazov tackles some of the most existential
and important themes known to humankind--the existence of
God, morality, free will, reason, doubt, and faith--just
to name a few. Readers around the globe have found their
lives transformed by this layered and complex book. A
deeply spiritual work, The Brothers Karamazov is a work
that every person should read.

Tim
PerrineCCEL Staff Writer

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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881) sometimes translated as Dostoevsky, was a Russian writer of novels, short stories and essays. Dostoyevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social and spiritual context of 19th-century Russian society. A Slavophile, nationalist and monarchist, he criticised the bourgeois, pre-materialist West and nihilism in many of his works.